LACEY – An elected school board member had criticism for the Lacey Board of Education, citing transparency issues, among other things at the January school board meeting. “I’d like to offer my apologies to the...
TRENTON – The state Government Records Council (GRC) has taken formal action on a Lacey Township school board member’s complaint filed in 2015 against her own board of education, which alleged violations of the state Open Public Records Act (OPRA) after...
South Jersey Democratic Boss George Norcross’s company – Conner Strong & Buckelew – is probably getting money via public contracts from your town in some way, but campaign finance disclosure reports won’t tell you a...
The Long Beach Island Consolidated School Board has settled a lawsuit filed against it earlier this year by a government transparency group alleging violations of state disclosure laws. A consent order approved by the Ocean...
At the last meeting of the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders before the November general election, independent candidate John Novak criticized the incumbent freeholders over the recent results of an OCP government transparency...
An analysis of the public information made available by Ocean County governmental agencies conducted by this website has concluded that many of the county’s boards & commissions fail to provide copies of basic meeting minutes and...
At the local level, government transparency is a mixed bag for much of Ocean County. Some towns provide timely updates of public information, while getting transparency in others is like pulling teeth. This website...
Lakewood’s camera-shy zoning board members can’t take the heat, throw another fit over citizen’s cameras present at public meeting. Ever since a Lakewood resident going by the screen name “First Amendment Activist” started filming public meetings...
Here’s a look at the cases recently adjudicated by the state Local Finance Board involving Ocean County’s elected officials and bureaucrats. According to records provided by the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA), there...
Public notices are one of the most important tools available to citizens and the press to hold government agencies and their officials accountable. So why has state law left them stuck in pre-21st century technology? Since...
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